Trisecting Smooth 4-dimensional Cobordisms

MaRDI QIDQ6284427zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nickolas A. Castro

Publication date 16 March 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: We extend the theory of relative trisections of smooth, compact, oriented $4$-manifolds with connected boundary given by Gay and Kirby to include $4$-manifolds with an arbitrary number of boundary components. Additionally, we provide sufficient conditions under which relatively trisected $4$-manifolds can be glued to one another along diffeomorphic boundary components so as to induce a trisected manifold. These two results allow us to define a category $extrmTri$ whose objects are smooth, closed, oriented $3$-manifolds equipped with open book decompositions, and morphisms are relatively trisected cobordisms. Additionally, we extend the Hopf stabilization of open book decompositions to a relative stabilization of relative trisections.

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